The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1887-11-10

Mrs. George Gutelius, Mt Minlinburg
on Sunday who is seriously i'll.
Capt. ID. II. Rhoades attended tn,
re union OF the 10th Regiment a
Gettysburg last week, when the loca
tion for the Regimental Monument
was selected.
| LOST Friday week, north oI
Doodletown, "a buckskin purse, will
$500 in silver. The finder will please
return 1t to Moses Steimly.
W. X. Ripka returned from Hun
tiDgdon county last week where h,
made out n bill for the erection OF
another sand mill for the Maple tor
Sand Company. The last mill built
by him is acknowledged the key
milr' OF the Juuiata river. This net
mill is to be completed this fall yet,
and the frequent calls for Mr. RS
services attest to his ability as me
chanic.
A Philadelphia Judge has decidsd
that a man who cannot or does not
read the newspapers is not properly
qualified for jury service. The de-
cision IL a sound and sensible one and
If it is not good law it ought to be.
The usual supposition that an inteli
gent knowledge of a case disquali0es
II man as u juror, is n relic OF an age
when newspapers were few and news
gathering in the modern sense, un-
known. New conditions modify ev>
erythiug, and this is ono point nj
which the system OF jury trial needs
radical aud intelligent modification.
An effort is now being made to Sc
care sufficient funds to erect Il monu-
ment over tho remains of our late
friend and comrade Maj. Wm n
Dill, who is buried in Evergreen Gem
etery, at Freeburg. This is certainly
u laudable object, and the friends Of
the deceased, should one and all
chesrfully contribute to it.. Any one
desiring to make a subscription can
do so to .the Editor OF the Tribune
who has a book and is taking sub
scriptions. We are pleased to state
that in one evening, at }. $. Wagner's $
party we secured subscriptions to the
amount Of $4,000. Let the good work
20 on in nll parts OF the county until
sufficient funds are secured. Tribune.
A beautiful Red Scotch granite
monument was placed in the burial
lot Of Michael Schuch ia the cemetery
at this place hy Mr.. Moycr OF Free
burg, weishiug 5270 lbs. Il. 4 in.
high. The name "3choch" is cut on
second base IN large raised letters
on the die is the following inscription
"siichael Schoch, born May Is, i10),
Rosina, wife of Michael ) Schuch, born
June l3, 1900, died March 30, 1886,
aged 30 years, 9 month aud II days.
On the Final (hfths piece) is cut All
old english 49,
For beauty Of design and finished
we have seen nothiag like it in this
section.
Once upon time, far away from
Middleburgh, there was a preacher
who was sorely pressed for money,
and as his congregation had failed to
pay the last quarter OF his skimp sal
AIRY, he appealed to the officers OF the
church for the money due him. One
OF the trustees who was particularly
noted for his stinginees, exclaimed"
Money it's money you want.
thought you were preaching for
souls y $50 am" replied the preach
er. but l can't eat souls, and il
could il would take at least thous
and such q. yours to make meal"
The mountains have'bsen burning
at terrible rate during the last week.
A fire started at the foot OF Shade
Mountain near Paxtonville the early
part OF last week and continued burn
ing for several days the wind carrying
it in a South eastern direction until
the whole north side of tho mountain
for several miles was a sheet of fire.
The Seven Mountains are reported
burning in the vicinity of Booney's
Shanty and from there clean across
to Penns Creek. The SIN oke from the
fire in the valleys is at times so dense
that the mountains are invsable and
the location and progress OF the fire
undscsrnable at any great distance.
The sumac industry in this state
has been improved wonderfully since
the erection of the tanning works at
this place, the only one OF the kind In
the United States. A few years ago
the company had to depend upon
supply of sumac from Virginia, and
only received eighteen tons OF the
plant from Pennsylvania. This year
over 800 tons have been gathered In
Pennsylvania, and purchased by
Banning, Bissell & Co., the propri"
etors of the works. A large quantity
OF this has been gathered in this aud
neighboring counties, for which the
price paid was twenty dollars ton,
The gathering is doue principally by
women and children, who make from
so cents to 81 a day. The leaves and
small stems of the plants are used,
and it is said the less care taken of
the plant the better. II it Is chopped